{"product_id":"the-mare-by-angharad-hampshire-9781405989541","title":"The Mare","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Mare\u003c\/em\u003e is based on a true story, a masterful and haunting Holocaust novel about how an ordinary person becomes a monster—and what happens in the aftermath.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBefore the Second World War broke out, Hermine Braunsteiner was an ordinary young woman, a teenage housemaid from Vienna. By the time the war ended, she had transformed into one of the most notoriously cruel and violent guards in the Nazi concentration camps, the 'Stamping Mare' known for kicking prisoners to death.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn the aftermath of WWII, she disappeared back into civilian life, her crimes largely unknown and unpunished. Then she met a US war veteran, a bachelor holidaying alone in Austria. Ignorant of her past, he fell in love with her, married her, and brought her back to America, where she lived for years as a well-liked suburban housewife. Until one day a tip-off from a Holocaust survivor sent a \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e journalist to the couple's door...\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Mare\u003c\/em\u003e offers a gripping portrait of the descent of ordinary people into absolute inhumanity. Unflinching and charged with urgent relevance, it asks how we attempt to justify the unjustifiable—and forgive the unforgivable.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48233164046572,"sku":"9781405989541","price":28.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781405989541-the-mare-1.jpg?v=1787727827","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/the-mare-by-angharad-hampshire-9781405989541","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}